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N0. 283,838. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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BALlNG-PRESS.

SPEUIFIUAIIIIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,838, dated August 28, 1883, Application filed June 30, 1883. (No model.) Patented in England April 28, 1883, No. 2,155.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES WATSON, of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of improvements in baling-presses, and has special reference to presses in which the cotton, jute, or other material to be formed into a bale receives first a preliminary pressure by one or more rams, and then a final or finishing pressure by one or more other rams.

The primary object of the invention is to obtain an increase in the outturn from the press. For this purpose I construct the press with two sets of boxes, each set being mounted upon a separate column, around which it can be revolvechwhich columns may be two of the columns or supports of the press. One set consists of two, three, or more deep boxes, each capable of holding sufficient of the bulky or loose material to form a bale. The other set consists of two, three, or more shallow boxes, the depth of each of which is sufficient to hold the material after the preliminary pressure. The respective circles described by thetwo sets of boxes in their revolution are such that at a given point of the revolution one of the shallow boxes comes exactly over one of the deep boxes. The shallow or upper boxes are each constructed with two main doors, forming the two sides of the box and hinged to one of the ends, with an easing-door forming the other end, and with a top forming a lashing-plate, and in each of the main doors is a toothed sliding stop for supporting the bottom of the bale when the preliminary pressure has been completed; or there may be a sliding stop in one door only, which stop will move right across under the bale and enter spaces in the other door. The main doors are also constructed near their upper part with grooves, mortises, or recesses corresponding with fillets, tenons, or projections on the top lashing-plate, and they also have vertical grooves to receive the edges of the easing door, so that when these doors are closed they firmly hold this lashing-plate and the easing-door.

Figure 1 of the annexed drawings is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of a press constructed according to my invention,

as hereinbefore described. Fig. 3- is a section through 1 l of Fig. 1, with the lashing-plates broken off. Fig. 4 is a section through 2 2, Fig. 1.

ACA" A A are a set of deep boxes, each capable of holding sufficient of the bulky and loose material to form a bale. This set of boxes is mounted on a column, B, around which it can be revolved. These 1 will call, for brevity, the preparatory boxes. Upon another column, O, is mounted a set of shallowboxes, which I will call finishing-boxes. (There are two ofthese boxes in the arrangement shown.) Each of these shallow boxes is composed of two main doors, D D D D, forming the two sides of the box and hinged to the inner end, E E, an easing-door, F F, forming the other end, and a top, G G, forming alashingplate. The center piece, E E, which constitutes the inner end of each of these boxes, is mounted on the column 0, around which it can be revolved together with the main doors and other parts which go to make up the boxes. The columns B and 0 form two of the columns or supports of the press. The two lashingplates G G may either be formed in one piece, which is rigidly fixed to the center piece, E E, and embraces the column G, or they may be made in separate pieces, which are likewise rigidly fixed to the piece E. It will seen that the respective circles described by the two sets of boxes are such that at a given point of their respective revolutions one of the shallow boxes comes exactly over one of the deep boxes.

In each of the main doors D D D D is a toothed sliding stop, H, for supporting the bottom of the bale in the shallow box. They may be made to slide in and out, as required, by any suitable arrangement. That shown in the drawings consists of ashaft, I, worked by a handle, J, (or otherwise,) and carrying pinions K to gear into racks L on the slid ing stops. The sliding stops are shown in position below the bale in Fig. 4, and also in the closed doors D D, Fig. 3, while they are shown fully withdrawn in the open doors D D, Fig. 3. The doors D D D"D are constructed with grooves M M near their upper part, corresponding with fillets or projections N N on the lashing-plates G G, and also with vertical grooves O O, to receive the edges of the easing-doors F F, so that when the doors D D D D are closed they firmly hold their respective lashing-plates and easing-doors.

P P are screws worked by hand-wheels Q Q, for assisting in the adjustment of the boxes and for pressing home and relieving the easing-doors, as required.

R is the ram for effecting the preliminary pressure, and S its follower.

T T are the rams for effecting the finishing or final pressure, and U is their follower.

V is the ground-fioor, and W the fillingfioor. The latter may be level with the top of the preparatory boxes A A A A or lower, as thought best. The part X of the floor W is shown as made to revolve with these boxes.

Z, Fig. 2, is a hasp or hinged plate carried by one of the main doors of each box, to pass behind the easing-door and through an opening, Y, in the other main door, where it is secured by a pin or otherwise.

The action of the press is as follows: One

of the preparatory boxes (A, for example) having been filled with cotton, (or other material to be formed into a bale,) and one of the shallow or finishing boxes being in position,

as seen in the figures, exactly over this preparatory box, the ram R (or rams) for effecting the preliminary pressure is caused to rise through the deep box, so as to force the cotton entirely into the upper box. The sliding stops H H in the main doors D D are then pushed in, so as to enter between grooves in the follower S, and thus relieve the follower from the bale. The follower S can thus be allowed to descend as soon as the preliminary ram R is released from the pressure which raised it. As the follower S descends the set of upperor finishing boxes is moved round so as to bring the box containing the bale exactly over the rams T, for giving the final or finishing pressure, (the screw 1? being screwed in to insure properadjustment of the box and to hold the easing-door after the side doors are subsequently opened,) while by the same movement an empty upper box has taken its place above the preliminary ram R, another preparatory box, A*, already filled with cotton, being swung round as soon as the ram R falls clear of them. The finishing-rams T T are meanwhile caused to rise until the teeth of the follower U enter between the teeth of the sliding stops II II and relieve them from the bale. and the main doors D D are opened, the finishing-rams T are caused to rise farther to give the final'pressure, the bale is hooped or,

roped, and then the end easing-door, F, is relieved. The finishing-rams T are now lowered, the bale is tumbled out of the )ress, and

the main doors D D are again c osed and locked, ready to be turned into position for arrangement above described, while one bale is receiving its final pressure another bale These sliding stops are then moved out may be receiving its preliminary pressure; or,

if the whole pump-power is common to both pressures, the preliminary ram willbe raised and the stops be pushed in after a bale has been pressed by the finishing-ramthat is to say, during the time occupied in pulling tight and fastening the ropes or hoops, lowering the finishing-ram, tumbling out the bale, and closing and locking the main doors, and during this time also one or more of the preparascent, and is left near the topof the stroke after the ramis descended. WVhen the boxes 'are freed from the device which holds them which also pass through theweight b, and are secured to its under side by nuts 6 6. These chains are carried over a barrel or drum, f, which is loose on the shaft 9. They pass once or oftener around this barrel, which is suitably grooved to receive them, and their ends eventually fall on the side of the barrel opposite to that on which the chains are directly attached to the weight b. A much smaller weight, h, is attached to the ends of the chains.

i is a collar keyed on the shaft 9, and j j are spring-pawls carried by this collar and, taking into teeth in the barrel f. The barrel is free to revolve on its shaft 9 in the direction in which the small weight It pulls it, butis prevented by the pawls from being revolved in the opposite direction on the shaft by the large weight b, so that this shaft, when not held, is I caused to rotate, together with the collar '5 and pawls, by the large weight b, the effect ofwhich is that rotation on the columnBis given to the boxes A A A A by the intermediation of the bevel-Wheels 7c 70, rod Z, and gear ing m.

To make the action clearly understood, I will suppose the follower S to be at the bottom of its stroke, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The lower end of the rod a will be at the bottom of the well'n, and the weight b, I will suppose also there, and the small weight h will therefore be at the top of the well, near the barrel f. As the ram R and follower S rise, the, rod a also rises, and by means of the nut c lifts the weight b with it. The weight h at the same time descends, causing the barrel f to rotate and taking up the slack of the chains d d. As the ram R descends-that is to say, after the bale is held by the sliding stops H Hthe boxes A A A A are prevented turning by any suitable holding device, so that the rod a passes down through the weight b, leaving this weight free to fall as far as the nut c as soon as the holding device is released. When this release is effected, the weight 1) falls gradually, and thereby, through the gearing already described, causes the four boxes to turn. around the column 13 until the next box, A,is brought into position over the ram R. A similar arrangement is applied to the set of upper'finishing-boxes. This is also seen in Fig. 1, I) being the large weight; h, the small weight; a, the rod passing through the large weight, and connected'to the follower S; f, the barrel, and k k the bevel-gearing. The same arrangement can be applied to other baling-presses in which a set of boxes has to be swung round.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in apress, of a preparatory ram and a finishing-rain, said rams arranged in parallel planes, a set of finishingboxes mounted to revolve around an axis over said rams, and arranged to be brought. successively into coincidence therewith, and a set of preparatory boxes, also mounted to revolve around an axis below the finishing-boxes, and arranged to be brought into coincidence, successively, with the preparatory ram and a finishing-box, whereby the preparatory ram is enabled to force the material from the preparatory box into the finishing-box, and whereby the latter box, with the partly-finished bale, may be swung around to the finishingram, substantially as set forth.

2. The revolving set of boxes A A A A in combination with the revolving set of boxes formed ofthe main doors D D D D, inner ends, E E, easing-doors F F, and top lashing-plates, G G, substantially as herein set forth and shown.

3. The combination, to form the finishingboX, of the fixed inner end E, the sides D D, hinged thereto in the form of doors, the easing-door F, the hinged top G, the toothed sliding stop H, and means, substantially as de scribed, for operating said stop, all arranged substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination, with the lashing-plate, of the hinged sides D, provided with grooves M, to receive the edges of said plate, substantially as set forth.

5; The combination, with the preparatory ram and the preparatory boxes mounted to re volve around an axis and to be brought sue cessively over the said ram, of the mechanism, substantially as described, for automatically revolving said boxes, substantially as set forth.

6. In combination with the set of boxes A A A A, the rod (1, weight I), nut c, chains (1 (1, barrel f, shaft g, weight "h, collar 2', pawls j 9', wheels k is, rod Z, and gearing m, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.

7. The combination, with the finishing-boxes mounted to revolve around an axis, whereby they are brought successively over the rams, of the rams S and T, and mechanism, substantially as described, for revolving the said finishing-boxes, as set forth.

8. The combination,withthefinishing-boxes mounted to revolve around an. axis, as shown, of the weights 1) and h, rod a, barrel f, and gearing 70, all. arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

I11 witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES VATSDN.

\Vitnesses J OHN C. MEWBURN, GEORGE O. BACON. 

